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Tuesday 15 February 2011
FET poised to launch eBook Town on China Mobile online store
Taiwan-based carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) is waiting for approval from the China government for launching eBook Town, its online store of e-books opened in July 2010,...
Friday 11 February 2011
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims at one million Hami e-book store users by end of 2011
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is stepping up efforts to promote Hami, its online e-book store that opened in October 2009, aiming to increase the number of users from 500,000 currently to...
Friday 16 July 2010
The future holds no paper, no books; but expect lots of reading, says BenQ's Jerry Wang
In China, reading has evolved from historic oracle-bone inscriptions, to bronze inscriptions, to writing on bamboo slips, to writing on paper - and now comes another once-in-a-millennium...
Friday 2 July 2010
E-book demand stimulates NAND flash spot pricing, says inSpectrum
Spot pricing of low-density NAND flash chips continued rising this week (June 28-July 2), thanks to warming-up demand from white-box e-book makers in China, according to inSpectrum...
Friday 25 June 2010
iPad spurs e-book reader price war, says iSuppli
The move by Barnes and Noble as well as Amazon to slash the prices of their e-book readers reflects a fundamental change in their business strategy intended to counter the rising...
Friday 4 June 2010
China market: BenQ to launch nReader in August, eBook Taiwan platform in September
BenQ plans to launch its e-book reader, the nReader, in August in China through working with China's telecom service providers, and plans to launch its e-book platform, eBook Taiwan,...
Monday 22 February 2010
iPhone to strain NAND flash supply for 2010, says iSuppli
With the iPhone already the largest application for NAND-type flash memory, the device's sales growth and high memory usage may cause some periods of undersupply for 2010, according...
Friday 23 October 2009
Barnes & Noble introduces nook, its wireless ebook reader with E Ink display and first color touch screen for navigation
New York, New York – October 20, 2009 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced today the launch of nook, the Barnes & Noble...
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Display Taiwan 2009: AUO to showcase latest technologies and products
AU Optronics (AUO) will introduce its latest technologies and products at the upcoming Display Taiwan 2009 on June 10-12. The exhibition is divided into nine sections: public information...
Thursday 23 April 2009
Amazon Kindle 2 costs US$185.49 to build, iSuppli says
Amazon's new Kindle 2 eBook carries US$185.49 in materials and manufacturing costs, according to iSuppli. The direct material cost of the Kindle 2, consisting of all parts used to...
Monday 16 February 2009
Pegatron delays ebook production, says paper
Pegatron Technology, which originally planned to start making ebooks this year, will delay production with shipments now rescheduled to begin in 2010, according to a Chinese language...